Illinois recorded its first human case in 2021. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this is the “main cause of mosquito-borne diseases in the continental United States.”CDC).
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) confirmed the state’s first human case this year on Tuesday. The patient who tested positive for IDPH is a Cook County man in his 80s who fell ill in mid-June Say In a statement.
IDPH explained that this is a mosquito-borne disease that is transmitted by the bite of Culex pipiens mosquitoes (also known as house mosquitoes).
Usually, cases are reported during the mosquito season from summer to autumn. Just recently, health officials in Camden County, New Jersey, Confirmed death County residents from the disease.
used to be First determine Its existence was confirmed in two dead crows found in the Chicago area in September 2001 in Illinois. By the end of 2002, the state had recorded more human cases and deaths than any other state in the United States. In 2020, the state recorded 42 human cases, including 4 deaths. However, IDPH noted that human cases are “underreported”.
Some common symptoms include headache, muscle aches, fever, and nausea, which may last from days to weeks. After being bitten by an infected mosquito, symptoms may appear sometime from 3 to 14 days. However, IDPH points out that “four-fifths” have no symptoms at all.
The agency said: “More serious infections are characterized by rapid high fever, head and body pain, disorientation, tremors, convulsions, and in the most severe cases, paralysis or death.”
So far, the CDC has no vaccine against SayTherefore, the best way to prevent contracting this disease is to protect yourself from mosquito bites. Safety measures include wearing long-sleeved shirts and long pants, and using insect repellents registered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
It is also important to control the number of mosquitoes indoors and outdoors by installing close-fitting screens and removing water from buckets, flower pots, old tires, and even toys they can breed.
IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said in the statement: “While we continue to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, we must also remember to take measures to protect our health from other diseases.” “This is what we are doing every year. What Illinois will see is that it’s important for people to take measures to prevent mosquito bites and the viruses they carry by wearing insect repellents and removing water from their homes.”
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